Seven
on DVD
(1995) Starring:Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow Director:David Fincher Certificate:
Director David Fincher's dark, stylish thriller ranks as one of the decade's most influential box-office successes. Set in a hellish vision of a New York-like city, where it is always raining and the air crackles with impending death, the film concerns Det. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a ..read more »
The Pianist
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay Director:Roman Polanski Certificate:
Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jewish gifted classical pianist living in Poland during the Nazi occupation manages to escape deportation to a concentration camp and goes into hiding. For the next few years Wladyslaw eludes capture and lives in the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto.
The English Patient
on DVD
(1996) Starring:Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe Director:Anthony Minghella Certificate:
Set during the Second World War, this epic romance tells the story of a mysterious Englishman found badly burned in the Sahara. His nurse transports him across war-torn Europe taking him to a deserted Tuscan monastery where he can die in peace. There they become friends and she begins to read to ..read more »
Starsky And Hutch
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn Director:Todd Phillips Certificate:
Detective David Starsky is the most dedicated undercover cop working the mean streets of Bay City, California. Maniacally devoted to his job, when he's on duty no crime goes unpunished--and he's always on duty. And that's a good thing, because he has some metaphorically big shoes to fill: his ..read more »
Walk The Line
on DVD
(2005) Starring:Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick Director:James Mangold Certificate:
Primarily the story of the love that grew between country stars Johnny Cash and June Carter during the early years of Cash's career, WALK THE LINE is the result of intense collaboration between director James Mangold, co-writer Gill Dennis, Johnny Cash, and June Carter Cash. Though both Cashes died ..read more »
Always something new to see no matter how many times it's watched...
American Beauty
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening Director:Sam Mendes Certificate:
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
A clever tongue in cheek rom com that's actually quite well acted!
Down With Love
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce Director:Peyton Reed Certificate:
Part tribute to the Doris Day/Rock Hudson romantic comedies of the 1950s and 1960s, and part commentary on the changing sexual mores of a bygone era, DOWN WITH LOVE is a bright, funny, technicolor treat that sets out to prove that opposites attract. Set in early-60s New York, the film follows the ..read more »
The Bourne Identity
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper Director:Doug Liman Certificate:
A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen. Barely alive, he is nursed back to health, but with no memory to help him, his only clue to his identity is a bank account number. It becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
The Bourne Supremacy
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Julia Stiles Director:Paul Greengrass Certificate:
Matt Damon returns as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in this fast-paced follow-up to 2002's THE BOURNE IDENTITY. Forced out of hiding as the result of an attempt on his life, Bourne fulfills his earlier promise to wreak vengeance on his former CIA employers, some of whom may be in league with ..read more »
Back To The Future
on DVD
(1985) Starring:Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson Director:Robert Zemeckis Certificate:
Features the popular film trilogy BACK TO THE FUTURE, BACK TO THE FUTURE - PART 2 and BACK TO THE FUTURE - PART 3. The first adventure sees a Californian teenager become the innocent victim of a local crackpot's invention - a time machine made from a DeLorean car. He finds himself in his hometown ..read more »